There are basically two kinds of hand-made doll babies used in hoodoo -- those that are personalized by attaching things to the outside and those that are hand-stuffed. Things applied to the outside of a doll include a photograph or the hair of the target glued onto the head of the doll or a figural candle that represents the person.
Scorpion fish have several adaptations that suit a great adaptor to the ocean. The scorpion fish lives most on reefs and rocks. It adapts itself to look like rocks as a protection device against predators. Its stays mostly on the bottom of the ocean so that it won't use its energy swimming around.
Scorpions have a protective outer covering over their body. This structure, called the carapace, is secreted by their epidermis and is consisted of a polysaccharide called chitin. This exoskeleton is durable and somewhat flexible, giving scorpions protection without hampering their movement.